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What year did people stop having an interest in basketball?
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:16 pm
Watching shaq and dale documentary and the crowds look like the stuff you see at Duke and North Carolina. When did this stop?
First game I went to was like 2000-2001 when they had Jabari Smith. I was 7 then so I don't remember much before that
First game I went to was like 2000-2001 when they had Jabari Smith. I was 7 then so I don't remember much before that
This post was edited on 2/21/16 at 5:18 pm
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Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:17 pm to Lionnation1993
Like all sports at every school
Win - people are interested
Lose - not interested
Win - people are interested
Lose - not interested
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:23 pm to Lionnation1993
you will have to ask the dullards, because they areb they only ones that can answer....
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:26 pm to Lionnation1993
When they fired Brady
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:29 pm to Lionnation1993
Misha and Roman era
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:35 pm to Lionnation1993
Dale's teams tailed off after Shaq and had a couple of poor seasons. That huge UK comeback (I was there 
) may have been about the same time. Randy Livingston never panned out (injuries, not talent) so we never really got to see the Randy and Ronnie backcourt that would have been incredible.
Dale struggled, then the NCAA dropped the hammer on him. Enter Brady, who wasn't the salesman Dale was, and there you have it.
The crowds showed up for Brady during his big runs in 2000 and 2006/06. That stretch run in 2000 was great.
) may have been about the same time. Randy Livingston never panned out (injuries, not talent) so we never really got to see the Randy and Ronnie backcourt that would have been incredible. Dale struggled, then the NCAA dropped the hammer on him. Enter Brady, who wasn't the salesman Dale was, and there you have it.
The crowds showed up for Brady during his big runs in 2000 and 2006/06. That stretch run in 2000 was great.
This post was edited on 2/21/16 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:37 pm to Lionnation1993
I think you can see there's still some interest. Anger is better than ambivalence from my perspective.
But when did go from where it was then to where it has been for most of the folks posting here?
From my memory interest started to wane significantly the 3rd of Dale's last 4 years which were all losing seasons and his last season was as bad attendance-wise as any of Brady or Trents year.
Along that same time baseball really started to take hold to where even today LSU is an anomaly where only a small handful of programs in America garner anywhere near the interest and passion and none equal.
Couple that with Brady and Trents boring style of ball and wild inconsistency it's never been quite what it was.
There were some consistently good crowds in SEC games in 2000 and this year I think stats will show bigger crowds than any year since. Even 2006 we only had a couple of really good crowds and 2009 even though we won the SEC going away, pretty disappointing attendance.
But when did go from where it was then to where it has been for most of the folks posting here?
From my memory interest started to wane significantly the 3rd of Dale's last 4 years which were all losing seasons and his last season was as bad attendance-wise as any of Brady or Trents year.
Along that same time baseball really started to take hold to where even today LSU is an anomaly where only a small handful of programs in America garner anywhere near the interest and passion and none equal.
Couple that with Brady and Trents boring style of ball and wild inconsistency it's never been quite what it was.
There were some consistently good crowds in SEC games in 2000 and this year I think stats will show bigger crowds than any year since. Even 2006 we only had a couple of really good crowds and 2009 even though we won the SEC going away, pretty disappointing attendance.
This post was edited on 2/21/16 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:53 pm to Lionnation1993
when dracula slapped us with those sanctions
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:58 pm to Lionnation1993
2006 was fun...but we had a top 5 NBA talent, SEC player of the year, 5 star hyped recruit, 2nd generation LSU basketball player, and a little lethal 3 point specialist. They played team ball with tons of energy and a small bench.
The talent left the program we have never came close to replicating any kind of run, 10 years of bad teams kills support especially when there is no promise or signs of improvement.
This is the most talent we have had since then and we are still looking at NIT unless we go on one hell of a run to close.
The talent left the program we have never came close to replicating any kind of run, 10 years of bad teams kills support especially when there is no promise or signs of improvement.
This is the most talent we have had since then and we are still looking at NIT unless we go on one hell of a run to close.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 6:21 pm to Lionnation1993
Once Trent Johnson became coach, I lost interest and have not watched since. Johnny Jones has set the program back and will continue to reduce the relevancy of basketball at LSU.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 7:12 pm to Lionnation1993
I'm going to say around 1910
Posted on 2/21/16 at 7:15 pm to Lionnation1993
It was the mid 90s. LSU basketball lost year after year from about 93-99 and football got good again starting in 95.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 9:41 pm to Lionnation1993
I've been part of the 3500 loyals who buy STix and go every year since the bldg opened. John Brady's second year we lost about 3/4000 from the ranks. There has been only 15/20 games since that time where more than 10K were actually in the bldg. CBB is my favorite sport LSU is my favorite team so it's easy for me.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 9:53 pm to Lionnation1993
When skip made baseball a dynasty
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:06 pm to Lionnation1993
The end of Dale's run, the Lester Earl saga and following probation, combined with the ascension of baseball under Skip.
Once baseball became a national powerhouse, it came out of nowhere and jumped basketball, because we suddenly became a winner at something.
At first the rest of the college sports world laughed at us, but when we started turning a profit in baseball, we made it a relevant sport in the SEC. And once that happened, the sport blossomed nationally (see the rise of Notre Dame, the delay of opening day to aid the Big 10, etc).
I'd say late 90's, early 2000's.
Brady ball got things back some, but Trent poured cold water all over everything.
Once baseball became a national powerhouse, it came out of nowhere and jumped basketball, because we suddenly became a winner at something.
At first the rest of the college sports world laughed at us, but when we started turning a profit in baseball, we made it a relevant sport in the SEC. And once that happened, the sport blossomed nationally (see the rise of Notre Dame, the delay of opening day to aid the Big 10, etc).
I'd say late 90's, early 2000's.
Brady ball got things back some, but Trent poured cold water all over everything.
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